Search results for "Renji Ishibashi"
Gozu

Gozu

Gozu
IMDb: 6.9
130

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct…

Haw

Haw

Haw
IMDb: 6.3
118

Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. One day, his…

Genre: Drama
Howling Village

Howling Village

Howling Village
IMDb: 5
108

After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Another World

Another World

Another World
IMDb: 6.3
119

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his hometown. One…

Genre: Drama
Cape Nostalgia

Cape Nostalgia

Cape Nostalgia
IMDb: 6.2
117

Etsuko’s café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.

Genre: Drama
The Lion Standing in the Wind

The Lion Standing in the Wind

The Lion Standing in the Wind
IMDb: 6.4
139

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor,…

Genre: Drama
Homeland

Homeland

Homeland
IMDb: 6.9
118

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the…

Genre: Drama
Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar
IMDb: 6.3
125

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Torso

Torso

Torso
IMDb: 5.9
104

A seemingly “normal” office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic torso – no head, arms or feet, just body and penis. Hiroko bathes with…

Genre: Drama
The International Gang of Kobe

The International Gang of Kobe

The International Gang of Kobe
IMDb: 5.8
99

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Castle Under Fiery Skies

Castle Under Fiery Skies

Castle Under Fiery Skies
IMDb: 6.5
140

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga’s (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada…

Genre: Drama, History
Outrage

Outrage

Outrage
IMDb: 6.8
109

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
IMDb: 6.5
156

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

Lost Lovers

Lost Lovers

Lost Lovers
IMDb: 6.6
123

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.

Genre: Drama
Death Note: L Change the World

Death Note: L Change the World

Death Note: L Change the World
IMDb: 6
128

“The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die.” After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and…

Into the Faraway Sky

Into the Faraway Sky

Into the Faraway Sky
IMDb: 6.1
145

A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
The Ramen Girl

The Ramen Girl

The Ramen Girl
IMDb: 6.3
102

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
One Missed Call 2

One Missed Call 2

One Missed Call 2
IMDb: 5.4
105

In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Play it, Boogie-Woogie

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

Play it, Boogie-Woogie
IMDb: 6.4
130

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.

Genre: Drama
The Negotiator

The Negotiator

The Negotiator
IMDb: 6.9
107

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
One Missed Call

One Missed Call

One Missed Call
IMDb: 6.2
112

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
No Grave for Us

No Grave for Us

No Grave for Us
IMDb: 5.7
92

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble…

Genre: Thriller
Operation Plazma in Osaka

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Operation Plazma in Osaka
IMDb: 6.8
95

Amidst Japan’s postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan’s largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

Genre: Action, Crime
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor
IMDb: 6.9
131

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss’ life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
IMDb: 7.8
115

The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the…

The Black House

The Black House

The Black House
IMDb: 6.2
118

A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she’s planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her…

Genre: Horror
Audition

Audition

Audition
IMDb: 7.1
115

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film…

Genre: Drama, Horror
Woman’s Trail: Wet Path

Woman’s Trail: Wet Path

Woman’s Trail: Wet Path
IMDb: 4.8
71

A man travels with his pill-popping girlfriend to the headquarters of her yakuza boss husband, in order to claim her for himself.

Genre: Drama
Rolling on the Road

Rolling on the Road

Rolling on the Road
IMDb: 5.6
83

George is a washed-up middle-aged rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker.

Genre: Drama
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive
IMDb: 6.7
105

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

Gemini

Gemini

Gemini
IMDb: 6.8
84

When his mother’s untimely death quickly follows his father’s, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Machine Gun Dragon

The Machine Gun Dragon

The Machine Gun Dragon
IMDb: 6.5
93

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and…

Genre: Action, Crime
House on Fire

House on Fire

House on Fire
IMDb: 7
133

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work

Genre: Drama
The Inferno

The Inferno

The Inferno
IMDb: 6.1
131

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother’s grief from beyond the grave.

Genre: Horror
The Bird People in China

The Bird People in China

The Bird People in China
IMDb: 7.4
118

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza, who takes the…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Crest of Betrayal

Crest of Betrayal

Crest of Betrayal
IMDb: 6.4
106

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to…

The Oil-Hell Murder

The Oil-Hell Murder

The Oil-Hell Murder
IMDb: 6.5
115

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

Genre: Drama
Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
IMDb: 6.9
67

A “metal fetishist”, driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he’s made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down…

Break Out

Break Out

Break Out
IMDb: 6.2
111

An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can’t go…

Genre: Action, Drama
The Woman with Red Hair

The Woman with Red Hair

The Woman with Red Hair
IMDb: 5.7
73

Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not…

Genre: Comedy, Drama